Greenpeace International

The PEW Cheritable Trust

A fantastic portal of information regarding our world's oceans, land and energy issues. Various campaigns, research findings, and up to date news stories are covered on this site, and deal with the most pressing environmental concerns. Click here to link to PEW: http://www.pewenvironment.org/

Plastic Pollution Coalition

PPC is an organization spreading the message of the severity of plastic pollution in our oceans, and world environment. This coalition is active in its quest to educate people of the responsibility we all hold in quitting our dependence and use of disposable plastics. Visit this informative site and learn what small changes in your own life will be a huge to the planet.http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org/

International Whaling Commission

The International Maritime Organization

(IMO) The United Nations have this specialized agency focused on ensuring the safety and security of shipping around the world. Its main area of concentration is to prevent marine pollution caused by this industry. http://www.imo.org/Pages/home.aspx

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration

(NOAA) United States Department of Commerce. This useful science based agency works to inform the world population about the ever changing environment. With a cutting edge research team and a highly technical instrumentation, the NOAA can provide current data, research findings and monitoring information regarding the ocean's health and the earth's systems' impacts. http://www.noaa.gov/ocean.html

EarthWatch Institute

The Ocean Project

This initiative works with a multitude of partners such as zoos, aquariums and museums to advance ocean conservation. This project is an innovative entity working to educate the public about the importance of conserving our blue planet.http://www.theoceanproject.org

The United Nations Atlas of the Oceans

The UNAO provides a huge database holding a wealth of information, and designed to familiarize readers with ocean issues. A very useful website for scientists, students and resource managers searching for information as well as approaches to ocean sustainability. http://www.oceansatlas.org/html/workissues.jsp

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

UNEP's "Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities" (GPA-Marine). The GPA-Marine is the only global intergovernmental initiative directly addressing the link between watersheds, coastal waters and the open ocean. http://www.gpa.unep.org/

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

A specialized agency of the United Nations. It is the UN system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources. http://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.html

The World Fish Centre

Our mission is to reduce poverty and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture.We began in 1977 as the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) based in the Philippines. In 2000 we shortened our name to The WorldFish Center and established our new headquarters in Penang, Malaysia. http://www.worldfishcenter.org/wfcms/HQ/Default.aspx